Tobacco-pouch.



W. H. STROMEYER.

I TOBACCO POUCH. APPLiCATION FILED OCT. 23. 1914.

1,156,720. Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

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TOBACCO-POUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Application filed October 23, 1914. Serial No. 868,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER H. STRO- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tobacco-Pouch, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved tobacco pouch, more especially designed for the use of smokers of cigarettes and arranged to securely hold the tobacco and superimposed sheets of cigarette paper, and to allow the user to readily discharge the tobacco in stream form and in any desired quantity from the pouch onto a sheet of cigarette paper without danger of spilling the tobacco, at the same time facilitating the distribution of the tobacco on the paper preparatory'to the final production of the cigarette.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a sheet of flexible material, a pocket extending transversely on the inner face of the said sheet, the pocket having a mouth at one side of the sheet, and a fastening device for closing the mouth to confine the tobacco in the pocket, the mouth when in open position allowing the tobacco to pass out of the pocket 1n a stream on pressing the edges of the pocket toward. each other with a view to forming a portion of the pocket into a chute leading to the open mouth.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tobacco pouchin position for delivering to-' bacco to a sheet of cigarette paper, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the tobacco pouch with the closing flap in open position; Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the tobacco pouch with the parts in closed position; Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the sheet material for forming the pocket and the lining for the closing flap; Fig. 6 is a face view of the sheet material for forming the body ofthe tobacco pouch; and Fig. 7 is a face view of one of the gussets used on the pocket.

The tobacco pouch is in the form of a wallet and its body A is made from a piece A extends a pocket B adapted to contain tobacco C, the pocket B being formed of a piece of canvas or other flexible material, sewed ,or otherwise fastened to the body-A along the sides and one end and along a portion at the other end so as to leave a mouth B at one side of the body A for the passage of the tobacco from the pocket B. The mouth B is provided with fastening members D, preferably in the'form' of a socket and a stud, attached to the inner face of the mouth approximately midway between the sides of the month. By this arrangement the mouth B can be closed to prevent the tobacco from passing accidentally out of the pocket, and when the fastening members are disengaged from each other the mouth can be opened to permit of filling the pocket B with tobacco and to allow of discharging the tobacco from the pocket by way of the said mouth, as indicated in Fig. 1. The body A is preferably provided along its edges with a suitable binding E which also embraces approximately one-half portion of the side of the pocket B having the mouth B sothat only one-half portion of its side forms the mouth B of the pocket, and this half portion of the pocket B is provided with a binding E, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2. The material forming the pocket B is extended to form a lining B for a closing flap A formed of one end of the sheet of the body A, and on this lining B is sean elastic'band, for holding the superimposed sheets of cigarette paper G securely in position on the lining. of the closing flap A. By the arrangement described the uppermost sheet of cigarette paper can be readilyremoved from the pile and bent into trough shape to permit of readily dropping the tobacco onto the sheet from the pocket B when holding'the patch in position, as indicated in Fig. 1. The other end A of the body A is bent back upon a portion of the pocket B adjacent the mouth B and the sides of this bent-back end A are connected by gussets H with the pocket B and the body A so as to form a receiving pocket for the reception of the free end of the closin flap A to hold the said closing flap in close position when the pouch is not in use. In

order to facilitate the passage of the free end-of the closing flap into the said receiving pocket formed by the end A, the sides of the closing flap A are preferably made tapering, asplainly indicated in Figs. 2 and 6. By the use of the gussets H the pocket portion B underneath this end A can be readily filled with tobacco as the gussets H are free to yield the same as the sides, one end and the closed portion of the other end of the pocket B to accommodate a large quantity of tobacco in the pocket B.

In using the pouch the pocket B is filled with tobacco, as previously explained, and

the sheets of cigarette paper G are placed under the elastic band F, and when the pouch is not in use the mouth B of the pocket B is closed by the fastening device D, and the free end of the closing flap A is placed under the end A so as to quickly hold the pouch in closed position. When it is desired to use the pouch for forming a cigarette the user opens the closing flap A, then removes the uppermost sheet of cigarette paper from under the band F, and then opens the mouth B by disengaging the members of the fastening device D from each other. The user now holds the pouch in his hand to press the edges thereof toward each other so that the mouth B readily opens to allow the tobacco to pass stream-like out of the pocket B onto the sheet of cigarette paper G held below the mouth, as indicated in Fig. 1. By the arrangement described the tobacco can be readily distributed on the cigarette paper without danger of spilling the tobacco, and when the desired amount of tobacco has been placed on the cigarette paper, the user closes the fastening members of the closing device D, and then finishes the cigarette by rolling the tobacco in the sheet in the usual manner. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A tobacco pouch in the form of a wallet having a transverse pocket for the reception of the tobacco, the pocket being secured along its sides and one end to the body of the wallet, and secured along a portion of the other end so as to form a restricted mouth at said end, the mouth of said pocket being at one side of the wallet and having a closing device intermediate the sides of the mouth to allow of closing or opening the mouth, the mouth when in open position forming an outlet for the tobacco and the said pocket, when the edges are pressed toward each other forming a chute leading to the open mouth.

2. A tobacco pouch, comprising a sheet of flexible material, a pocket extension terminating on the inner face of the sheet and adapted to hold tobacco, the pocket having its mouth at one side of the sheet, a fasten- ,diate of its sides, the mouth ing device for closing the mouth intermediate of its sides, the mouth when open forming an outlet for the tobacco, a flap formed at one end of the sheet, and a receiving pocket for the flap at the other end of the sheet. 1

3. A tobacco pouch, comprising a sheet of flexible material, a pocket extending transversely on the inner face of the sheet and adapted to hold tobacco, the pocket having its mouth at one side of the sheet, a fastening device for closing the mouth intermewhen open forming an outlet for the tobacco, the said sheet having one end forming a flap extending beyond the pocket, and a holding device on the said flap for holding a package of cigarette paper.

4. A tobacco pouch, comprising asheet of flexible material, a pocket extending transversely on the inner face of the sheet and adapted to hold tobacco, the pocket having its mouth at one side of the sheet, and

a fastening device for closing the mouth intermediate of its sides, the mouth when open forming an outlet for the tobacco, one end of the said sheet being bent back upon the outer face of a portion of the pocket and having its sides fastened thereto, the other I end of the said sheet forming a closing flap adapted to be passed with its free end under the said other end.

5. A tobacco pouch, comprising a sheet of flexible material, a pocket extending transversely on the inner face of. the sheet and adapted to hold tobacco, the pocket having its mouth at one side of thesheet, a fastening device for closing the mouth intermediate of its sides, the mouth when open forming an outlet for the tobacco, one end of the said sheet being bent back upon the outer face of a portion of the pocket and having its sides fastened thereto, the other end of the said sheet forming a closing flap adapted to be passed with its free end under the said other end, and a holding device on the inner face of the said closing flap for holding a package of cigarette paper.

6. A tobacco pouch, comprising a sheet of flexible material, a tobacco pocket extending transversely on theinncr face of the said sheet and spaced from the ends thereof, the pocket having a mouth at one side of the sheet, the mouth being of a width corresponding approximately to one-half of the width of the pocket, a. fastening device for closing the mouth, and a closing flap at one end of the sheet, the other end of the sheet being formed into a receiving pocket for the end of the closing flap.

7.. Avtobacco pouch, comprising a sheet of flexible material, a tobacco pocket extending transversely on the inner face of the said sheet and spaced from the ends thereof, the pocket having a mouth at one side of the sheet, the. mouth being of a width corresponding' approximately to one-half of the width of the pocket, a fastening device for closing the mouth, one end of the sheet being bent back upon the tobacco pocket adjacent the mouth and being fastened along its sides,

the other end of the sheet forming a closing I flap adapted to fold under the return bent end, and an elastic band on the inner face of the closing flap for holding cigarette 10 paper,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the preseneeof two subscribin witnesses.

WA TER H. STROMEYER.

.Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER,

PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS. 

